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RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115984446339509467

#Sarcoptes #scabiei var. hominis (#Astigmata, Acariformes) is a skin-#parasitic #mite that feeds on human #epidermal cells. Infection typically occurs via adult, mated #females.The mite has #subspecies found on both #domestic and #wild #animals. The #evolutionary direction was via #humanancestors to humans and from there #spreading first to domestic animals and then to wild animals (see ref).
© #StefanFWirth 2026

Reference
R. W. Currier er al. (2012): https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06364.x

Stefan F. Wirth Aug 10, 2025

@hanscees @BenjaminHCCarr Sure rats lived close to humans, because of the availability of food there. But especially interesting are diseases that were exchanged between humans and their #domesticanimals. They did not only receive #diseases from these animals, but also transferred diseases to them, an example is scabies (die toite #Sarcoptes #scabiei) , which humans got over their #ancestryline.